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*Regressive voicing assimilation occurs in clusters of two or more obstruents, as in Slavic: ''tiúsdag'' is pronounced as if it were spelled ''tiúzdag''. | *Regressive voicing assimilation occurs in clusters of two or more obstruents, as in Slavic: ''tiúsdag'' 'Tuesday' is pronounced as if it were spelled ''tiúzdag''. | ||
*The '''ь''' is replaced with an '''i''' when followed by a vowel (the '''i''' is pronounced as palatalization). | *The '''ь''' is replaced with an '''i''' when followed by a vowel (the '''i''' is pronounced as palatalization). | ||
*The soft sign '''ь''' and the palatalizing '''i''' soften every consonant in the cluster that precede it by default. (However, consonants do not soften before '''cz, ż, sz''', and velars '''k, g, ch''' do not soften.) The hard sign '''ъ''' prevents the softening of consonants to the left of the hard sign. | *The soft sign '''ь''' and the palatalizing '''i''' soften every consonant in the cluster that precede it by default. (However, consonants do not soften before '''cz, ż, sz''', and velars '''k, g, ch''' do not soften.) The hard sign '''ъ''' prevents the softening of consonants to the left of the hard sign. |
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